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John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, V.C.
Army officer (1886-1946).
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Male
Award Received
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Victoria Cross
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Military Cross
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945
Victory Medal
Member of the Royal Victorian Order
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Place of Birth
London
Place of Death
London
Country of Citizenship
United Kingdom
Date of Birth
7/10/1886
Date of Death
3/31/1946
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Harrow School
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
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High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan
(11/1/1944 - 11/5/1945)
Replaces
:
Harold MacMichael
Replaced By
:
Alan Cunningham
Start Time
:
11/1/1944
End Time
:
11/5/1945
Governor of Malta
(1942 - 9/26/1944)
Replaces
:
William Dobbie
Replaced By
:
Edmond Schreiber
Start Time
:
1942
End Time
:
9/26/1944
Governor of Gibraltar
(5/14/1941 - 5/31/1942)
Replaces
:
Clive Gerard Liddell
Replaced By
:
Noel Mason-Macfarlane
Start Time
:
5/14/1941
End Time
:
5/31/1942
Member of the House of Lords
End Time
:
unknown value
Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)
(1937 - 1939)
Replaces
:
Cyril Deverell
Replaced By
:
Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside
Start Time
:
1937
End Time
:
1939
English
London
John Vereker, 6th Viscount of Gort
Military Officer
Politician
Natural Causes
Liver Cancer
Viscount
Viscount Gort
(2/8/1946 - 3/31/1946)
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1
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Death
Start Time
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2/8/1946
End Time
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3/31/1946
Vereker
Corinna Katherine Vereker
(2/23/1911 - 1925)
End Cause
:
Divorce
Start Time
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2/23/1911
End Time
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1925
1905
John Vereker, 5th Viscount Gort
Charles Standish Vereker
Jocelyn Cecil Vereker
Jacqueline Vereker
Eleanor Surtees
John Vereker
1945
Church of St John the Baptist, Penshurst
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